BAT Experts Visit Leaf Production Areas

Source from:  tobaccoreporter.com China, Tuesday June 5, 2007 06/06/2007

A team of experts from British American Tobacco recently inspected high-quality leaf tobacco production areas in the Ningnan and Dechang counties of the Liangshan prefecture, Sichuan province, according to a Tobacco China Online report quoting local sources. The team, which was accompanied by officials of the Production Technology Department of Liangshan Prefecture's Tobacco Monopoly Administration, visited three key villages in Ningnan and Dechang, to learn about local growing and field management techniques. Members of the team were said to have quizzed local officials and growers about the transplantation of tobacco seedlings, the application of fertilizer, the prevention and control of pests and plant diseases, responses to drought and flooding, and preparations for the curing of this season's crops. In one of the villages, the experts inspected a comparative test that was being carried out on different tobacco varieties. Enditem